Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
All at once it seemed so easy
The way to make this right
Just to let myself feel these things
And say what's on my mind
So I let my guard down
And it seems not for the best
I guess i do the right things
At all the wrong times
And stand to pay the price
'Cause I waited much too long
Or just said something wrong
And I miss you
But you're not giving in
I missed it
And better luck is on my wish list
Maybe that's why i'm alive
I'm not giving up on this yet
Another time it might be different
If anything that's why i'm alive
If I'd just said something sooner
Then maybe this could start
But at the time i couldn't see this coming
Or how it'd fall apart
You can slow it down
And you can buy more time
But it comes around
And then you change your mind too late
But you're not giving in
I missed it
And better luck is on my wish list
And maybe that's why i'm alive
I'm not giving up on this yet
Another time it might be different
If anything that's why i'm alive
There's nothing left to say about it now.
But you're not giving in
I missed it
And better luck is on my wish list
And maybe that's why i'm alive
I'm not giving up on this yet
Another time it might be different
If anything that's why i'm alive
The way to make this right
Just to let myself feel these things
And say what's on my mind
So I let my guard down
And it seems not for the best
I guess i do the right things
At all the wrong times
And stand to pay the price
'Cause I waited much too long
Or just said something wrong
And I miss you
But you're not giving in
I missed it
And better luck is on my wish list
Maybe that's why i'm alive
I'm not giving up on this yet
Another time it might be different
If anything that's why i'm alive
If I'd just said something sooner
Then maybe this could start
But at the time i couldn't see this coming
Or how it'd fall apart
You can slow it down
And you can buy more time
But it comes around
And then you change your mind too late
But you're not giving in
I missed it
And better luck is on my wish list
And maybe that's why i'm alive
I'm not giving up on this yet
Another time it might be different
If anything that's why i'm alive
There's nothing left to say about it now.
But you're not giving in
I missed it
And better luck is on my wish list
And maybe that's why i'm alive
I'm not giving up on this yet
Another time it might be different
If anything that's why i'm alive
Lyrics submitted by hplssrmantcxox
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You know I'll always love you.